Baudissin
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Baudissin is the name of a German
noble family of Sorbian
origin, first mentioned in 1326 in Upper Lusatia
, now part of Saxony
. At the time Bautzen
, the district capital, was called Budissin, whence the name originated.
All name bearers, including of family lines like the Baudissin-Zinzendorf and the Baudissin-Zinzendorf-Pottendorf, are counts or countesses.
Wolf Heinrich von Baudissin
married into a noble family from Holstein
and became the progenitor of all family members living today. From this time on most Baudissins settled in Holstein and other parts of Denmark
and often served the Danish kings as diplomats, officers and administrators. His grandson Wulf Hinrich (1671–1748) was another outstanding military leader. He was awarded with a hereditary countship in 1741 by the prince-elector
of Saxony, Duke Frederick Augustus II (King Augustus III of Poland
), for his services and thus became the first Graf
von Baudissin.
The family has since brought forth numerous diplomats, military and civil officers, administrators, advisers to kings and emperors, writers, artists, journalists and lawyers. The families Baudissin and their Danish branch of "Bauditz" are listed in joint entries in the 1909, 1911, 1915 and 1959 editions of the "Danmarks Adels Aarbog", the register of Danish noble families.
Notable members of the family include:
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
noble family of Sorbian
Sorbs
Sorbs are a Western Slavic people of Central Europe living predominantly in Lusatia, a region on the territory of Germany and Poland. In Germany they live in the states of Brandenburg and Saxony. They speak the Sorbian languages - closely related to Polish and Czech - officially recognized and...
origin, first mentioned in 1326 in Upper Lusatia
Upper Lusatia
Upper Lusatia is a region a biggest part of which belongs to Saxony, a small eastern part belongs to Poland, the northern part to Brandenburg. In Saxony, Upper Lusatia comprises roughly the districts of Bautzen and Görlitz , in Brandenburg the southern part of district Oberspreewald-Lausitz...
, now part of Saxony
Saxony
The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....
. At the time Bautzen
Bautzen
Bautzen is a hill-top town in eastern Saxony, Germany, and administrative centre of the eponymous district. It is located on the Spree River. As of 2008, its population is 41,161...
, the district capital, was called Budissin, whence the name originated.
All name bearers, including of family lines like the Baudissin-Zinzendorf and the Baudissin-Zinzendorf-Pottendorf, are counts or countesses.
Wolf Heinrich von Baudissin
Wolf Heinrich von Baudissin
Wolf Heinrich von Baudissin or Bauditz was a distinguished Protestant German cavalry commander who rose to the rank of field marshal during the Thirty Years' War. He was a member of the Baudissin family, an old noble family of Lusatian-Silesian origin.Born in Luppa, Upper Lusatia, Baudissin...
married into a noble family from Holstein
Holstein
Holstein is the region between the rivers Elbe and Eider. It is part of Schleswig-Holstein, the northernmost state of Germany....
and became the progenitor of all family members living today. From this time on most Baudissins settled in Holstein and other parts of Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
and often served the Danish kings as diplomats, officers and administrators. His grandson Wulf Hinrich (1671–1748) was another outstanding military leader. He was awarded with a hereditary countship in 1741 by the prince-elector
Prince-elector
The Prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire were the members of the electoral college of the Holy Roman Empire, having the function of electing the Roman king or, from the middle of the 16th century onwards, directly the Holy Roman Emperor.The heir-apparent to a prince-elector was known as an...
of Saxony, Duke Frederick Augustus II (King Augustus III of Poland
Augustus III of Poland
Augustus III, known as the Saxon ; ; also Prince-elector Friedrich August II was the Elector of Saxony in 1733-1763, as Frederick Augustus II , King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania in 1734-1763.-Biography:Augustus was the only legitimate son of Augustus II the Strong, Imperial Prince-Elector...
), for his services and thus became the first Graf
Graf
Graf is a historical German noble title equal in rank to a count or a British earl...
von Baudissin.
The family has since brought forth numerous diplomats, military and civil officers, administrators, advisers to kings and emperors, writers, artists, journalists and lawyers. The families Baudissin and their Danish branch of "Bauditz" are listed in joint entries in the 1909, 1911, 1915 and 1959 editions of the "Danmarks Adels Aarbog", the register of Danish noble families.
Notable members of the family include:
- Wolf Heinrich von BaudissinWolf Heinrich von BaudissinWolf Heinrich von Baudissin or Bauditz was a distinguished Protestant German cavalry commander who rose to the rank of field marshal during the Thirty Years' War. He was a member of the Baudissin family, an old noble family of Lusatian-Silesian origin.Born in Luppa, Upper Lusatia, Baudissin...
(1579-1646), military leader - Wolf Heinrich Graf von Baudissin (1789-1878), Danish and German diplomat, writer and translator
- Adalbert Heinrich Graf von Baudissin (1820–1871), journalist, war correspondent, writer and publisher
- Wolf Ernst Hugo Emil Graf von Baudissin (1867–1926), officer and writer
- Wolf Wilhelm Friedrich Graf von BaudissinWolf Wilhelm Friedrich von BaudissinWolf Wilhelm Friedrich Graf von Baudissin was a German Protestant theologian who was a native of Sophienhof, near Kiel....
(1847–1927), theologian and old testamentarian scholar - Wolf Graf von BaudissinWolf Graf von BaudissinWolf Stefan Traugott Graf von Baudissin was a German general, military planner and peace researcher. His wife was the sculptress Dagmar Gräfin zu Dohna-Schlodien...
(1907-1993), Nato general
External links
- www.baudissin.eu is a portal for further information and lists several personal homepages related to the Baudissins - in German
- IFSH- the website of the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg of which former General Wolf Count von Baudissin was the founding director.